martes, 17 de mayo de 2016

Gallup shows Venezuelans are starving while FAO supports the regime

Venezuelans
are struggling while FAO gives the government unqualified support

This
recent Gallup survey shows the tragic situation of food availability in
Venezuela. The article is self-explanatory and shows how Venezuelans are
struggling to survive in a country where food and medicines have largely disappeared
from the shelves of markets and drug stores. While this tragedy unfolds, the
FAO Office in Venezuela continues to laud and support the work of the corrupt
and inept regime, as my recent letter to the FAO headquarters in Rome (see my
blog below) shows. My letter has not been answered or even acknowledged by the
bureaucratic organization. I just sent them a reminder (see previous blog
entry).

Here
is the Gallup report ( NOTE: The graphs could not be shown in my blog but they can be seen here)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Twenty-nine percent of Venezuelans rated
their lives positively enough to be considered "thriving" in 2015 --
the lowest figure in the 10 years Gallup has been tracking this measure -- and
about twice as many (61%) are "struggling." These numbers were almost
flipped in 2010 when Venezuela led the region in thriving. These are just two
of several measures that illustrate how Venezuelans' lives have been turned
upside down as their country teeters on the brink of collapse.

For the past decade, Gallup has asked residents of Latin
American countries and the rest of the world to evaluate their lives on
the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale, where "0"
represents the worst possible life, and "10" represents the best
possible life. Gallup classifies people as "thriving" if they rate
their current lives a 7 or higher and their lives in five years an 8 or higher,
and "suffering" if they rate both their current and future life
situations a 4 or lower. Those in the middle are "struggling."

3 comentarios:

I am very tempted to write how it amazes me that the progressive left's attachment to the myths of Chavismo remains so strong even now, when the evidence of a political, civic, and humanitarian disaster of such horrifying proportions for the Venezuelan people has become so manifestly evident.

But I am not surprised. Truth for the progressive left is determined by definition and is not to be argued from evidence.

Even the New York Times, which did so much to defend Chavismo outright or offered implicit support in its editorial policy for years has finally faced reality and is sounding the alarm.

But I do not think any of that fazes the FAO, as its leftist sympathies have become all too clear.

Ideology trumps rationality/humanity, Jacob. No pun intended. No matter how chaotic the Venezuelan situation becomes the leftist in FAO, Venezuela or in the U.S. will not move a finger to help and will blame Captain America or Batman for their tragedy. In the name of ideology they have lost all traces of humanity.